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Zimbabwe banks process R6bn via regional payment systems
Zimbabwean banks processed transactions worth R6.09 billion (approximately US$339 million) through the Southern African Development Community Real-Time Gross Settlement System (SADC-RTGS) in 2024, mar...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:32hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's SADC Chairmanship offers new opportunities
Zimbabwe's chairmanship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) offers a prime opportunity for local businesses to shape the regional economic agenda and benefit from the African Continen...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:38hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SADC Chair acceptance speech
May I express my profound appreciation to His Excellency, João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, for the astute and visionary leadership in steering our organisation, as Chairperson of ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 20:43hrs | 402 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Ramaphosa snubs Mashatile, appoints Angie Motshekga as acting President
President Cyril Ramaphosa has snubbed his Vice President Paul Mashatile and appointed Angie Motshekga as acting President for the day.Our president has made his way to Harare to participate in...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 14:32hrs | 2521 | by Staff reporter
US funded NGOs blame SADC
Ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State Summit scheduled for August 17, 2024, in Harare, Zimbabwe, there have been increasing concerns about human rights violations. ...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:39hrs | 2319 | by Staff reporter
Zambia does not need US military presence - MP
Zambia has no need for a US military presence, Stephen Kampyongo, a member of the southern African country's National Assembly, told RT in an exclusive interview, questioning the relevance of security...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 13:29hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Calls for Sadc anti-graft court
AN ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdog has called on Southern African Development Community (Sadc) member States to up the fight against graft by setting up a regional anti-corruption court.In a petition...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How the gold mafia scandal will affect Mnangagwa
The Al Jazeera investigative unit last week served the second episode of a four-part documentary, Gold Mafia, that makes interesting— albeit unsurprising — watching.The exposés have spawn...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:04hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
$3.1bn for Zimbabwe air traffic control system
Government has moved to avert safety and security concerns at the country's airports by providing ZWL$3.1bn on the procurement and installation of an air traffic control system (ATC) following years o...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sadc backs Charumbira
Parliamentarians from Sadc have thrown their weight behind Chief Fortune Charumbira who is vying for the Pan African Parliament (PAP) presidency tomorrow.The Zimbabwean representative is the c...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
The wave of change is eminent on the southern region: Big homework for Zanu
The sudden change of political weather has given ZANU-PF a thorn in the flesh as it watches its friends and allies downfall and being dumped by masses through the ballot and political dustbin by voice...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Bulawayo irons out new surveillance system
BULAWAYO City Council management is today expected to deliberate on the roll-out of the Cabinet-approved US$2 million Bulawayo Vehicle Parking Management System. A video surveillance system wi...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Talks between Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable
DIALOGUE between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable, and also remains the best way to ending Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad challenges, professor of World Politics at th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora appoints team to work on national dialogue strategy
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu-PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
One-stop border post could address Beitbridge chaos
Long delays recently resurfaced at Beitbridge Border Post, with travellers spending close to three days to access either South Africa or Zimbabwe. Among other factors, a bad work attitude amon...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Mozambique
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa who left Harare this morning has arrived in Maputo, Mozambique for a day long indaba as SADC moves in to counter insurgency in that country.The President was welcomed at th...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 14:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bushiri's extradition: A humbling experience for Mzansi
The extradition request for Shepherd Bushiri by South African authorities to the Malawian government early last week seems to be a sobering reminder for the greater good of cooperation within the regi...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 14:24hrs | 3 | by Daphine Zulu
Britain to impose fresh sanctions on Zimbabwe?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration could be staring a fresh dosage of British sanctions after recent cases of human gross human rights violations and corruption got attention from the forme...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Can Mnangagwa be classified as a strategist?
I DON'T agree with those who say President Emmerson Mnangagwa is an intelligent person and here is why.Mnangagwa did not respond to insults from the G40 because he did not have any choice....Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:32hrs | | by Concerned
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa exposes SADC & AU
This is now the third time in history where xenophobic attacks have worn an ugly face in South Africa with SADC and AU going on silent mode.As I write this article President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 15:58hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe, SA set timelines for deals implementation
ZIMBABWE and South Africa committed themselves to accelerate the implementation of several agreements .covering a wide array of bilateral issues affecting the two countries during this week's bi-natio...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe sanctions affecting Sadc'
A GROUP of South Africa-based civic society groups is in Bulawayo campaigning for the removal of Western imposed economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying they had missed their targets and are no...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Rebranding Zimbabwe's embassies in Mnangagwa’s economic vision
The announcement of the Cabinet yesterday - making the team that President Mnangagwa will work with in the next five years - came as a huge relief as it signalled that real work on mending and develop...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:21hrs | 10 | by Keith Guzah
The people have spoken Zanu must go
The brazen robbery of the election and the scale in which it was carried out is astonishing. ZANU PF is longer appealing to the masses due to systematic abuse of state's instruments and callous tortur...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 14:37hrs | | by Zenzo Siziba Poltical Analyst and Activist
Chamisa's MDC Alliance questions poll as Zanu-PF wins parly majority
The candidate for Zimbabwe's main opposition party accused the ruling Zanu-PF of trying to steal a presidential and parliamentary election on Wednesday after official figures gave President Emmerson M...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 14:04hrs | | by Reuters
Spotlight on poll observers
Zimbabwe heads for elections on July 30, eight months after the removal of Mugabe. The African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) have a mandate to ensure that the countr...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:22hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Concerns over Zimbabwe elections grow
There are growing fears that Zimbabwe is once again headed for a disputed poll - with the country's main opposition insisting that it will announce the results of the keenly-anticipated plebiscite bef...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fears for second Gukurahundi grip Mthwakazi - MLF
Fears of fresh Gukurahundi killings have started gripping the people of Mthwakazi. This comes after a number of incidents of human rights abuses by uniformed soldiers have witnessed in some parts of M...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 10:26hrs | 2 | by MLF
SADC think of masses in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe citizens have gone through rough pages over the years. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Its goal is...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 16:40hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere
Trump denies Mugabe lunch
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday snubbed President Robert Mugabe as he treated other African leaders to a working lunch on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rhodies learnt nothing, forgot nothing
First, an anecdote. Many black Zimbabweans, who have travelled across the world and come across white people formerly resident in Zimbabwe before and after Independence, will relate how a typical conv...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma to meet Mugabe on Wednesday
Zuma will meet President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday as a follow-up to economic and trade agreements signed by the two countries when Mugabe was last in South Africa."President Zuma is expe...Published: 25 Oct 2016 at 14:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's problems do not warrant foreign intervention
Some opposition political parties in the country are always eager to see this country put in the international community spotlight even in situations where there is nothing to talk about. For the past...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 14:16hrs | | by Kazamula Matilaya
It's not South Africa's place to protest Zimbabwe restrictions
President Robert Mugabe's government says South African businesses should not demonstrate against policy measures implemented by Zimbabwe to contain imports of finished goods and commodities into the ...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spirited attempts to scupper Mugabe's ascension to AU Presidency
ZIMBABWE is cautiously confident of landing the chairmanship of the African Union when the 24th Ordinary Session of the General Assembly opens here today despite spirited attempts by the Anglo-Saxon a...Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 09:40hrs | | by Caesar Zvayi
Tsvangirai hopes to reboot and challenge Mugabe
Enfeebled by its electoral loss to veteran leader Robert Mugabe and a post-vote split, Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change meets on Friday to elect new leaders and forge a new plan ag...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by AFP
SADC summit should address mineral resource question
SADC Summit should address where the bloc's gold and other valuable minerals are - and who really owns them?Southern Africa Development Corporation (SADC) should use its Victoria Falls Summit...Published: 15 Aug 2014 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Museve
More observer teams refute claims Zim poll was free, fair and credible
More observer teams from Zimbabwe's elections last month have moved to refute claims that the process was free, fair and credible, slamming the serious problems and post-election incidents of harassm...Published: 15 Aug 2013 at 18:43hrs | | by Alex Bell
The Minority outwits the Majority
Zimbabwe a country of curious political happenings indeed. The minority have taken over the reigns of power only through their wits this time and not by majority. it is interesting to look at the ...Published: 02 Aug 2013 at 16:56hrs | | by Clive Mkandla
'God wants Mugabe to go,' says Tsvangirai
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, launching his third campaign to unseat veteran President Robert Mugabe, said nothing had been achieved to ensure a fairer vote but even God now wanted Mugabe to go....Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 19:23hrs | | by Agencies
MDC approached Sadc over elects date court application
The MDC formations have formally approached Sadc over the court application that was made by Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa when he sought the postponement of the date for the harmonised elections...Published: 07 Jul 2013 at 06:40hrs | | by STaff reporter
Putting up with challenges of the Zimbabwean GNU
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." - Dolly PartonWhen it was formed in September 2008, the Zimbabwe Government...Published: 19 Jul 2012 at 05:27hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Mugabe insulted Kabila, relations took a knock - wikileaks
Relations between President Robert Mugabe and leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila could have received a knock after the long-serving Zimbabwean leader insulted the youthful leader...Published: 04 Apr 2012 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sadc haggle over hosting the Pan Africa University
The Sadc countries including are haggling over which country should host the Pan Africa University (PAU), which seeks to promote science and technology in Africa and a strong link between scientific r...Published: 22 Dec 2011 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Michael Sata not coming to Bulawayo for Zanu-PF congress
The victorious Patriotic Front of Zambia will send a high powered delegation to the Zanu-PF National People's Conference set for Bulawayo next month. However, the delegation will be the party secretar...Published: 19 Nov 2011 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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